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MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1942 – January 20, 1968
Service recordMurray Wayne Vanlone SR, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 92
- RONALD LEE SANDLINCorporal · January 20, 1968
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD THOMASSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.